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Nd. 263,077. Patented Aug. 27.2, 1882.

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DANIEL E. TEAL, OF ONEIDA CASTLE, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,077, dated August 22, 1882.

Application filed June 1,1882. (No model.) i y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. TEAL, of Oneida Castle, in the county of Madison, in the State ofr New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Jacks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a novel, simple, convenient,and effective device for raising railway-tracks in the process of repairing, renewing, or ballasting the same.

The invention is fully1 illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus in position for raising the rails and ties of a railway-track in the process ot' ballasting or leveling the same; and Fig. 2 is a front view, showing its adaption for raising only one `side ofthe track.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

' A A denote two standards, having inclined legs, the feet ot' which rest on two cross-sills, D D, extended from standard to standard, and leaving an unobstructed opening between the legs of the respective standards, so as to allow them to stride one or more cross-ties of the track.

B is a cross-shaft journaled in the upper portion ofthe two standards, and projecting at the outer sides ot' the same. At opposite sides r vided with suitable fixed means for attaching thereto two chains, C C, one at each end of the shaft, said chains being provided at their extremity with a hook or suitable clutch for connecting the said chains with a rail of a railway-track.

B represents a ratchet-wheel firmly secured to the shaft B, and L is a lever hinged on said shaft, said lever being provided with apawl, P, adapted to engage ratchet-wheel, R, and turn the same by the operation of the lever.

` S denotes a stop for preventing the retrograde or reverse movement ot' the ratchet. Said stop I form of a stout metal bar, bent U shape and hinged at its extremities on the sills l) D ofthe standards, at or near the ends thereof', the central portion of said bar being adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel,

as best shown in Fig. l of the drawings. The stop S, supported on the sills D D, as before described, is thus made to serve as a brace to the apparatus.

'I represents an auxiliary or safety-stop, in 5 5 the form of a'lever, pivcted on a cross-bar, b,

which is secured to the standards AA, and supported at its center by metal straps or suspension-bars a a, connected to the shaft B. Said stop is adapted to engage the teeth of the 6o ratchet-wheel R. It is weighted, so as to be held automatically in its aforesaid engagement. I

The operation of my invention is as follows: When it is desired to raise the ties E for levelin g or ballasting the track the standards A A are placed astride the ties, bringing the sills DVD to rest between the ties. The free ends ot' the chains C O are then connected to the rails r r and wound upon the shaft B by operating the 7o lever L, which, by `means of its pawl P, imparts the requisite rotary motion to said shaft. The winding up ofthe said chains raises the rails 1","with the ties E connected thereto, the stops S and 'I preventing the reverse motion 7 5 of the ratchet, and thusretaining the track in its raised position while the workmen fill in under thetie with ballast, or with the necessary material tol level the track. d

In case only one side ot' the track is to be 8o raised, the chains C O are to be shifted to the connecting devices on the shaft B at the inner side of the standards, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

1f it is desired to raise the rail without the 85 ties, I prefer to place the standards astride the rail and rest the sills I) on the cross-ties of the track. i

Having described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 9o 1Sa- 1. The improved railway-jack, consisting of 4 the standards A A, having inclined legs resting with their feet on cross-sills D D, the cross-shaft B, ratchet B, xed on said shaft, lever L, pawl P, stop S, and chains C C, ref spectively, on` opposite ends of the shaft B, all combined and operating substantially as described and'shown, for the purpose speciiied.

2. The combination, with the standards A A, roo

shaft B, ratchet R, lever L, pawl P, and chains C O, of the combined stop and brace S, hinged to the foot of the standards and extended to the ratchet, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth and shown.

3. The combination, with the standards A A, shaft B, ratchet R, lever L, paw] P, chains C C, and combined stop and brace S, of the auxiliary or safety stop T, consisting of a pivoted lever held automatically in engagement with the ratchet, substantially as set forth and shown.

4. The combination of the standards A A, shaft B, ratchet R, lever L, pawl P, chains C C, combined stop and brace S, cross-bar b, susr 5 pension-rods u n, and the auxiliary stop T, pivoted o n the bar b, substantially as described and shown, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence zo of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county ot' Onondaga, in the State ofNeW York, this 29th day of May, 1882,

DANIEL E. TEAL. lL.

Witnesses:

G. H. DUELL, WM. G. RAYMOND. 

